painful
Example Sentences
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But that gap had shrunk to a solitary point by the time the drivers lined up for the last of 17 stages, bringing back painful memories of previous narrow misses for Evans.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
It wasn’t painful, but after several weeks I developed alpha-gal syndrome, an increasingly common allergy to red meat, dairy and other mammalian food products.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
But until the results come, the families behind those samples face a painful limbo.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Existing bondholders have absorbed painful price declines, but new capital can now lock in yields unavailable for much of the past two decades,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
A large, robust, athletic man, Washington was plagued by headaches, stomach troubles, and bouts of rheumatism—a painful condition affecting the joints such as knees and elbows.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
